"Your Excellency, Shi Yan did indeed leave the capital before dawn."

Inside the Prime Minister's residence, the secret guards reported to Li Heng.

A few days ago, news spread from the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence that Shi Yan was going to hunt a white fox to keep as a pet for his daughter.

Li Heng was worried about how to distract Shi Yan when he learned of this news, so he spread the word that there was a white fox in Baiyun Ridge.

Baiyunling is a remote mountain forest, and it takes five days to travel from the capital even by fast horse. Even if Shi Yan has excellent lightness skills, the round trip plus the fox hunting in the deep mountains would still take several days.

There is absolutely no chance that he will come back in time to ruin his plans.

But he also feared that this was Ye Zhen's conspiracy.

After all, no one he knew, including himself, would go so far and suffer in the deep mountains just to get a white fox for his daughter.

And coincidentally, it was on the very day he attacked Ye Zhen that he left.

So they had someone keep an eye on Shi Yan early on to prevent them from faking it.

Zhenluo understood Li Heng's concerns. "Shi Yan has no other children besides his adopted daughter. It's understandable that he would care about being reunited with his biological daughter."

Ye Zhende is attending Su Luoqing's wedding today, and Shi Yan probably shouldn't go with him, so he simply went out instead.

That explanation makes sense.

Li Heng dispelled his doubts and instructed the guards, "Continue to keep watch at the city gate. If you notice Shi Yan returning, report immediately."

He then said to Zhenluo, "As long as the Su family succeeds, you must send the person to Prince Yun immediately."

After the Prince of Yun touched her, he quietly dealt with her.

That way, her death would be blamed on Prince Yun, who is the emperor's son...

On the other side, the Prince of Yun, attended by his eunuchs, washed his body and changed into new clothes.

He's getting married today!

The eunuch asked worriedly, "Your Highness, Prime Minister Li and Ye Zhen have a grudge. Will he really bring about a relationship between you and Ye Zhen?"

Could it be that he's using his master?

The King of Yun's legs were completely crippled; they had begun to atrophy below the knees. He did not believe that a cripple could sit on the throne.

His master believed him, and he was powerless to change it, but he did not want to die, so he tentatively offered a reminder.

Yun Wang glanced at him and said, "Give me the medicine."

He didn't really trust Li Heng; it was just a mutual exploitation.

Li Heng took the initiative to send Ye Zhen to his bed. After it was done, even if Ye Zhen hated him, she should hate Li Heng.

He was a paralyzed man imprisoned in the mansion, and he couldn't bring anyone into the mansion.

Therefore, he had to drug himself to let Ye Zhen know that he was also a victim.

The eunuch carefully handed the medicine to Prince Yun.

Prince Yun's secret study of medicine paid off, as he used the surplus medicinal herbs in his residence to concoct this aphrodisiac.

"Once Ye Zhen and I have accomplished our mission, you should promptly report to the Imperial Guards."

Regardless of whether Li Heng intended to use him to kill Ye Zhen, once the Imperial Guards entered, Li Heng would not be able to kill someone in front of them.

It is a fact that he and Ye Zhen had physical intimacy. Ye Zhen had already been married once. If she lost her virginity again, even if the Crown Prince was still willing to marry her, the Emperor, the Empress, and all the officials would not agree.

Having proven the woman's innocence, he should naturally shoulder the responsibilities of a man and marry Ye Zhen.

As long as Ye Zhen becomes his wife, no matter how dissatisfied Shi Yan is, he cannot ignore her for the sake of his daughter's future wealth and glory.

With Shi Yan's help, he no longer needed Li Heng, nor did he fear the Crown Prince.

Hearing that the Crown Prince has not yet shown his face, the Imperial Physician Feng personally treated him and looked worried when mentioning the Crown Prince.

Perhaps he didn't even need to compete with the Crown Prince; the Crown Prince would have lost his life on his own.

Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on the lips of the Cloud King.

The eunuch was terrified, feeling that his master, now imprisoned, had become too obsessive and lost his former wisdom.

The Marquis of Zhongyong's Residence.

After getting up, Ye Zhen dressed up and went to Cui Yihuan's courtyard.

Cui Yihuan was also dressed up formally today; her nephew was getting married, and she was going to the Wang family's house.

You are so beautiful.

Cui Yihuan praised Ye Zhen.

After adopting Ye Zhen as her daughter, she grew to like her more and more.

Ye Zhenyi also said, "You look good too."

As the two were exchanging compliments, Yin Jiuniang also came over. She had changed from her usual white or black clothes to purple.

The belt around her waist was rather wide, intended to conceal her soft sword, but it also accentuated her delicate and graceful figure, making her both beautiful and dashing.

Cui Yihuan stared in disbelief, “This is exactly what I longed to be when I was young.”

Lou Tinglan always had a chivalrous spirit in her bones, but unfortunately her father disliked women practicing martial arts. Later, she was taken in by her aunt and raised by her aunt. Her aunt indulged her in everything, but by then she was already too old.

In addition, since the Wang family was a family of civil officials, none of the daughters in the family practiced martial arts, she could not bring it up.

Yin Jiuniang laughed at her, "You are very young now."

No one deliberately told her about Cui Yihuan, but Cui Yihuan didn't deliberately hide it from her either.

In addition, based on the interactions between Ye Zhen, Zhongyong Hou, and Cui Yihuan, Yin Jiuniang guessed a thing or two.

"If you want to learn some martial arts to protect yourself, I can teach you."

Anyway, she had nothing better to do.

With Cui Yihuan around, she doesn't have to face Huo Zhan alone.

Cui Yihuan's eyes brightened slightly. She cupped her hands in a salute and smiled, "Master Yin, please accept my bow."

Yin Jiuniang lightly slapped her and laughed, "Let's skip the apprenticeship, otherwise Xie Bang will come looking for trouble when he gets back."

If she becomes Cui Yihuan's master, then Xie Bang must also call her master.

Yin Jiuniang didn't mind taking advantage of Xie Bang.

But if that were the case, wouldn't Cui Yihuan become Ye Zhen's junior sister? She is Lou Tinglan, the original wife of the Marquis of Zhongyong.

At that time, will Ye Zhen call her mother or junior sister?

Cui Yihuan naturally understood this as well, and since it was just a joke, she didn't insist on it further.

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